New Guinea Flightless Rail
Megacrex ineptad'Albertis, LM; Salvadori, AT, 1879
English (US) New Guinea Flightless Rail
The New Guinea Flightless Rail (Megacrex inepta) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots) in the order Gruiformes.
- Scientific name
- Megacrex inepta
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- New Guinea Flightless Rail
- Described by
- d'Albertis, LM; Salvadori, AT, 1879
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Megacrex inepta pallida
- Megacrex inepta inepta
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- d'Albertis, LM; Salvadori, AT, 1879
- Type locality
- Fly River, New Guinea.
- Original description
- Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 14 p.130
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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